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197 · Sep 2018
Happy Birthday Dante
Ashly Kocher Sep 2018
17 years ago our world endured tragic events
12 years ago my sister endured love at first site
Giving birth to a 6 pound baby boy, we call Dante
I have called him my little monkey since they day he was born
I am **** to him
Every year we feel sadness and joy
As we lost so many during those events
But gained an angel ourself
Happy 12th Birthday Dante Alexander...
197 · Dec 2021
Moonlight Path
Ashly Kocher Dec 2021
Between the
Clouds
Sun
And the
Rain
There’s a whole galaxy
Floating away
Follow the
Moonlight path
It’ll lead you there
To find nature’s beauty
From down here…
197 · Dec 2017
Drink Me
Ashly Kocher Dec 2017
Drink me
  Just forget
     Numb the pain
        Have no regrets
           Feel the warmth
              As it touches your lips
                 Escaping your problems
                    From the first and final sip
Drowning your sorrows
Filling the void
Of fears and sadness
You just can’t avoid
         Eyes turn into a kaleidoscope
             Blurring your vision
                Feeling warm and fuzzy
Drink me down
As we run from our feelings
Having a night on the town
                 Escaping reality
                     Where we truly will be found
197 · Oct 2018
Truly Listening
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
I never know if your truly listening or not being able to comprehend what is being said to you...
197 · Oct 2019
Always
Ashly Kocher Oct 2019
Heaven
Is
You
Holding
My
Beating
Heart
Always
196 · Apr 2017
Hope
Ashly Kocher Apr 2017
Break down the walls and try to let go, its the best for you to say goodbye and not hello...
196 · Dec 2018
A Change
Ashly Kocher Dec 2018
A change in you
A change in me
Follow me to the garden and see
Under the flowers that grow
Just like you and me
A change in you
A change in me
We all start small
We all grow tall
Like fresh fruit off the vine
A change in you
A change in me
Take a walk through a guided path
Blink your eyes and see
A change in you
A change in me
We’ll grow up together happy
Even if our guided paths take a detour
But we all need a little
Change in you
Change in me
196 · Jul 2018
Analogies
Ashly Kocher Jul 2018
Pour a glass of fizzy soda
Take a drink, quenching your thirst
Tiny bubbles tickle your nose
Disappearing like tears falling down your cheek

Like walking in the sand
Leaving footprints as you walk
Washing away when the ocean waves come up

Boiling water
Steam rising up
Fading away as it rises up

Fireworks bursting in air
Lighting up the sky
Dissipating to who knows where

Many analogies of things we see
But go away to where we don’t know

Even though you see things everyday
Just because there “gone”
Doesn’t mean you can’t feel them anymore....
196 · Jul 2021
Grounded
Ashly Kocher Jul 2021
As the waters trickle down
Down the rocks and over the ground
Rapid waters never stand still
Always be grounded
Love what you feel
196 · Sep 2022
Existence
Ashly Kocher Sep 2022
Fragmented existence
Broken, scattered pieces, clear as glass
Like grains of sand
Slipping through the cracks
Holding onto something that you can never get back
The past is in the past, otherwise suffocating you
Yet, instantly can be transported back, in time
Like broken hands on the clock stuck in constant  rewind
Spiraling down the unsteady staircase
Falling completely into a hypnotic state
Snapped back to reality, difference of perspective staring you in the face
196 · Aug 2022
Shadow
Ashly Kocher Aug 2022
Shadows are a beautiful thing even though it’s dark, but all shadows have light that passes through to guide and help us along the way.

Then other toxic shadows, throw shade casting a dismal darkness that prevents you from moving forward or growing in one’s journey.

It’s an invisible string, holding you captive because deep down you believe that said shadow is suppose to help and love you, yet it’s drowning you within your tears and covering your light.
196 · Apr 2018
One Year Anniversary
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
One year writing poetry on this site.....

Couldn’t be happier

Thank you to everyone who I’ve connected with in this past year.
Ashly Kocher Feb 2022
Invisible being that lives inside
Trying to escape but it just hides
Deep down in my soul
Rather to be unknown
Causing chaos like a nightmare you can’t control
It’s called anxiety, depression, stress, ptsd, etc
196 · Mar 2018
Soft Whisper
Ashly Kocher Mar 2018
Lost in your words
  When you whisper into my ear
            “I love you baby”
Is maxed out in volume
        But only we two can hear
A whisper can we heared but also can be high volume that no one else can hear....
196 · May 2019
Broken And Restored
Ashly Kocher May 2019
Though I may be
B
R
O
K
E
N

I will never fully break or give up

I’ll do anything to pick up the broken pieces of me
One by one
Restoring myself
F
I
X
I
N
G
Me
Ashly Kocher Jun 2018
When people say
“They have taken an interest in your writings”
But actually don’t care and kind of make fun of you....
Maybe I’m not that good
Maybe I should just stop writing
Do I even make sense?
Am I even on the level of most of you here?
Ever feel this way?
Well I DO!
But you know what?

I DON’T CARE!
I do this for me
I love what I do
I have got a lot of great feedback and I feel I have grown tremendously
Again, I state... I write real, raw and mostly unedited writings.
Real
Fiction
Fantasy
Or just because
ITS ME AND MY OWN WORDS
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all your comments, likes, reposts and all my writings that have and or will be trending.
It means the world to me...

I will never stop writing!
195 · Jun 2019
Send Prayers Please
Ashly Kocher Jun 2019
I don’t even know what to say
You’ll be gone in a couple days
The last text I have from you
I don’t want to delete it
It can’t be true
To think I will never see you again
You were more then just my friend
A mentor, a supporter, a brother and a director
I couldn’t ask for anything more
I pray now that you suffer no more
Go in peace and may you continue to soar
Make sure you keep teaching me from high above
I am thankful for these many years of love
It’s not goodbye, I’ll see you soon
When we meet again high above the moon
My brother-in-law is in hospice and only has a couple days left. We will not get to physically say goodbye since they live in Florida. My heart is breaking.
195 · May 2018
Hello Poetry, Thank You!
Ashly Kocher May 2018
Hello poetry
Has helped me find
Myself in ways
I never knew existed

All the support
All the love
From all of you
Who helped me rise above

I have written poetry for many years
But for a short time being here
I’ve grown and learned so much
For just over a year

Almost 700 poems or writes
You have all push me with all my might
Some short
    Some long
       Some fiction
          Some real
But all from the heart

Hello poetry has helped me find me
Pull my own words outside of head
From the bottom of my heart
I thank all of you
For your non judgment and your constant support
195 · Apr 2018
Counting On
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
Today
           Tomorrow
                  Next Week
  One Month
            One Year
                 Five Years....
From Now....

You could be in a completely different place....

Keep driving and focusing more on your life
       Each and every second...
             Since each and every second...
                         COUNTS
You never know when things will change, for good or bad... count every second and continue to push for you..
195 · May 2018
Simple Smile
Ashly Kocher May 2018
Sometimes
A
Simple
Smile
Can
Change
One
Persons
Day....
Try it
195 · Jul 2021
I am Enough
Ashly Kocher Jul 2021
She is me
I am her
Strong and powerful
I am enough
195 · Aug 2017
Final Countdown
Ashly Kocher Aug 2017
Three years ago still haunts me
Making the decision of what the inevitable would become the reality
Watching your body deteriorate right in front of our eyes
Knowing the day was coming to say our goodbyes
I held your hand and looked into your eyes
Saying I love you and to just let go
Even though the pain in my heart was greater then you know
Six more days you held on to your life as we surrounded your bedside
Not a day goes by I don't think of you and our final time together
Papa bear, I miss you and love you so much
3 years ago today was the last time we talked to one another even though you were here for a little longer
Our final week together was a picture frame of memories that will last forever
If only there was a time machine to take me back just to hold on to you and never let go...
3 years ago was the final week of my dads life. Miss him more and more with each passing day. It's never gets easier you just cry a little less everyday. :(
195 · Jan 2018
No Regrets
Ashly Kocher Jan 2018
Rip out your heart
Wear it on your sleeve
The past in in the past
Where it is meant to be

No regrets
Left in your mind
Everything happens for a reason
In what some say, due time..
194 · Nov 2017
Deep thought
Ashly Kocher Nov 2017
Pondering that deep thought

You come out with


NOTHING....
194 · Apr 2018
Voices
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
Please
STOP
No
Don’t do that
I want to
Not now!
Yes
PLEASE
Let me alone!
Should I?
Maybe?
I can’t!
STOOPPPP!!!!!

           With these voices in my head.....
What some
People deal
With everyday with voices inside their heads...
194 · Nov 2017
Grow The Hell Up
Ashly Kocher Nov 2017
All I am to you
Is an endless money pit
Giving me no respect
But you don’t give a ****
Your 41 but act like a brat
I think it’s time to grow up
And that’s a fact

You have your own family
But I support them too
I have raised my family
I shouldn’t be raising yours too

My stress level is high
Because of YOU
Grow the hell up
Because I’m sick and tired of always supporting my grandkids and
                    YOU
Wrote this for a fellow co worker. She’s dealing with a lot with her daughter always wanting and needing but doesn’t show respect.
Ashly Kocher Jan 24
She tries to stay positive and spread the joy
But, sometimes, she reaches her breaking point
A volcano of emotions that’s ready to erupt
The mind games of the world need to stop

As she lets her tears flow down her face
Releasing the frustrations and the pain
Allowing herself to feel some sort of grace
Yet, still shackled up in the emotional chains

Trusting the process is the hardest game
Difficult roads of lost ways
Wandering through the doubtful life
Always coming up short, is it worth the fight

This time of doubt will turn out
Life is all about the ups and downs
Plant your feel firmly on the ground
Deep breath in, deep breath out

Your breaking point has been reached
The eruption time has now passed
Get back out there with your head up high
Life is a journey of imagination in hindsight…
194 · May 2018
Tiny Bubbles
Ashly Kocher May 2018
Tiny bubbles floating around
Floating upward never to hit the ground
Some small
Some big
Some pop right away
Some float away to oblivion
Some linger around like tiny orbs
Bubbles are fun
No matter your age
It passes the time
Giving senseless wage
As you release the bubbles
Into the air
Make a wish
Dream if you dare
As they flutter up the sky
The wishes of you will pass by
The lucky ones will float all the way up
Making your wishes come true
If you want to press your luck
193 · Jun 2021
Tiny Bubbles
Ashly Kocher Jun 2021
Tiny bubbles float around
Around your head, never touching the ground
The power of magic is in the palm of your hands
No limitations, just inspiration, because you can
Following the tiny bubbles towards your future plans
Close your eyes, make it happen, and let the magic begin…
193 · May 2018
Writers Block
Ashly Kocher May 2018
Writers block
I don’t know what to say
Trying to put words together
It makes no sense, no way
Trying to think of things....( oh look
Something shiny)
A bird just flew past
**** there are bees (I hope I don’t get stung)
A loud motorcycle
Police car flying past
I should get to work but so much on my mind
When I try and write I can’t figure out what to say
Let’s just take a break and it will come to me during the day
The weather is nice but a storm may hit
I just want to go home and sit
For now I will work for a 13 hour shift
Check back later for a write and I hope that it won’t be a dis(appointment)

This is what happens when I “try” and write and just don’t let it happen
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
April fools day
Is not the day to prank your family and saying your having a ba-by (baby)
If you wanted the attention
It’s now on you
But for all the wrong reasons
As you angered many people too
It may be “funny” to some but hurts for others
Especially when there are so many that wishes it would come true
Think before you play
An April fools joke
Pranking that your pregnant isn’t a joke
When there are so many out there that can’t have children
And that is no joke....
193 · Jan 2019
Burning your Past
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
Burning your past
Rising up with the smoke
To embark on your future
193 · Oct 2020
New Moon Rising
Ashly Kocher Oct 2020
Mother Earth is cracking at the seams
Making way for you to manifest and release a new moon for you and me
Center yourself
Relax and set it free
Focus on that one thing you need to release
Your stronger than you know
Just let it go
Following your journey
Allowing yourself to grow within the light of the new moon rising
192 · Jul 2018
Closing the Book...
Ashly Kocher Jul 2018
Close the book
Put it away on the shelf
Don’t pull it out
Unless you want to revert back
To your old self

Change is hard
No one said it was easy
Take a few steps forward
Even if your unsettled and queasy

Put your faith in yourself
Trust your heart
Always be brave
If so, your doing your part...
192 · May 2021
Drowning Alive
Ashly Kocher May 2021
Captivated by your eyes
Swimming through life in disguise
Drowning in all of your lies
It’s time to cut the cord, cut the ties
I’m walking on water, once again
Feeling so alive..
192 · Mar 2024
Spark
Ashly Kocher Mar 2024
One dream can spark the inspiration towards the visions you see in your future.
192 · Oct 2018
Wedding Song
Ashly Kocher Oct 2018
When our wedding song comes on the radio
No matter where we are
What we are doing
Or who’s around
We stop
Start dancing
Kiss and say I love you...
Slip back in time to our first dance as
Husband and Wife...
God Bless the Broken Road....
....that led me straight to YOU
192 · Nov 2018
Seashells
Ashly Kocher Nov 2018
Even the most perfect seashells that washes up from the ocean
Has its imperfections and stories to tell..
Embrace you perfectly perfect imperfections
192 · May 2018
Lies! Goodbye!
Ashly Kocher May 2018
Here comes the lies
Spewing out of your mouth
Backpedaling with confusion
Hand on chest
“No! Not me”
“I never said that”
Rolling her eyes
With such disbelief and surprise
We catch you red handed
Why do you continue to lie
Own up to your mistakes
That’s it’s I’m done...
GOODBYE!
192 · Oct 2024
Tears of Rain
Ashly Kocher Oct 2024
Clouds
Produce
Rain
Like
The
Heart
Produces
Tears
192 · Sep 2018
Destiny of Dreams
Ashly Kocher Sep 2018
Destiny lies in your own hands
You just have to believe in something
Be passionate about it
        Let it flourish
Keep it hydrated
        Never lose hope
Be brave
        Let your heart guide you
Reach for the stars
For then, your destiny will become a reality
Making all your dreams come true...
192 · May 2019
If it offends you
Ashly Kocher May 2019
If it offends you
Turn it off

If it offends you
Don’t listen to it

If it offends you
Don’t read about it

If it offends you
Change it

If it offends you...
I’m sorry
So many people offended by the littlest things anymore. Why must there be a huge uproar about certain things. This is our world. You don’t have to agree with everything but just be respectful.
192 · Jul 2018
Rapid Waters
Ashly Kocher Jul 2018
As the waters trickle down
Down the rocks and over the ground
Rapid waters never stand still
Always be grounded
Love what you feel
192 · May 2018
A Storm Brewing
Ashly Kocher May 2018
There is a storm brewing in my head
In my heart
In my soul

The wall is caving in
Crumbling down
Soon it will fall

Being vulnerable
Oh so quite and meek
May stir the storm
Or cause it to become weak

Weakness isn’t a bad thing
It makes you stronger
The calm before the storm
May be brewing for just a little longer
191 · Nov 2018
Battlefield
Ashly Kocher Nov 2018
I’m lost in the battlefield
Between tomorrow and yesterday
191 · Apr 2018
More then you know....
Ashly Kocher Apr 2018
I love you
More the you know
As flowers need water to grow
I need you more then you know
You are my heart beat in every way
The blood that runs through my veins
Keep me levelheaded and sane
I can’t imagine my life about you
I need you more then you will ever know...
191 · Sep 2019
Meaning of Life
Ashly Kocher Sep 2019
The meaning of life is to live and learn
Not losing yourself in return
Fulfilling your dreams
Shining bright like the sunbeams
Always looking for the rainbow
Keeping you grounded as you continue to grow
191 · Mar 2018
Rage of a Storm
Ashly Kocher Mar 2018
That was an intense storm
Wind was whipping
Snowing fell huge and heavy
Rain poured down

Power line falling
Trees literally uprooted
Power flickering
Leaving many in the dark and cold

Roads turned to straight ice
Many places and city’s closed down
People finding other places to stay for the night

As the storm ragged on
We all bared through
Cleanup begins
As we all get back on our feet

Winter is not over yet
Another storm on the watch
I’m so done with winter
When will this rage of storms stop!
Intense storm. It was literally like a hurricane and winter storm collided.
191 · Jan 2019
Smile
Ashly Kocher Jan 2019
Smile because your happy
Not forced because your told too do so
191 · Jun 2021
I Dare You
Ashly Kocher Jun 2021
You dare to dream
Oceans wide

You try to catch
Stars from the sky

You live everyday
Carefree and wild

You look at the world
Through the eyes of a child

Catch a dream, everyday, send it off into the world and pray….
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